Diagnosing Alcohol Use Disorder

Do you want a drink so badly you can't think of anything else? Find out if you meet the latest criteria for an alcohol use disorder (AUD).

Diagnosing AUD can be tricky since the diagnosis depends on the person doing the drinking being willing to honestly answer a series of questions about drinking patterns and attitudes. AUD is the medical term for alcohol abuse, like binge drinking, or it can be used to mean酒精依赖，例如你的身体没有酒精就撤回。酒精依赖是酗酒。

否认使诊断更加困难

获得对酒精使用的诚实答案及其对生活的影响可能是一个问题，因为酗酒的常见症状是denial。一个古老的格言酗酒is it's "the only疾病否认它存在并抵抗治疗。“

A health care professional is unlikely to give an AUD diagnosis during routine visits because this condition is misdiagnosed more than 70 percent of the time.

有时，难以承认对饮酒习惯和模式的健康专业人士。有很多在线alcohol screening tests如果您尚未准备好响亮您的饮酒，您可以自己接受自己。

Family and Friends See the Problem

Long before a health care worker gives an AUD diagnosis,friends and familycan usually recognize the problem. They may try to talk to you about the problem andencourage you to get help，但再次，否认发挥作用。拒绝在酗酒问题的人中如此常见，否认本身是警告sign of alcoholism。A person who drinks a lot simply can not see or refuses to admit酒精使用is a problem.

Diagnostic Tools for AUD

有许多卫生专业诊断测试ls use to screen for and evaluate drinking problems. To overcome denial, most health professionals do not ask direct questions about the number of drinks but instead, ask questions about problems associated with drinking instead.

Short, four-to-five questionalcohol screening tests, such as the FAST test, are effective in the initial screening to detect AUD, while longer, more elaborate tests do a more in-depth evaluation and assessment.

酒精依赖标准

According to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, health professionals may give an AUD diagnosis if you meet two of 11 criteria within a 12-month period. Depending on the number of criteria you meet, your level of alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence can be categorized as mild, moderate or severe.

• You drink more or longer than intended
• You want to stop or tried to modify your drinking habits more than once, but cannot
• You spend a lot of your time drinking or being hungover
• You want a drink so badly that you can not concentrate on anything else
• 喝酒和洪叶被干扰了你对家庭，工作和家庭的责任
• You continue to drink even though it causes trouble with family and friends
• You give up important and enjoyable activities in order to drink
• 在饮酒之后，您可以进入情况，例如驾驶或散步在一个高犯罪社区，这增加了自己伤害自己的机会
• You continue to drink even though it made you feel depressed, anxious, and/or blackout
• You need to drink more than you did before to get the same effect
• 你感到戒断症状，​​如恶心和出汗